Ukraine will triumph over Russian “darkness”, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armies promised on Saturday, the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of his country.
“I am convinced that our victory is in unity. And it undoubtedly will be. Because light always triumphs over darkness!”, declared General Oleksandr Syrsky in Telegram.
Two years ago, “when thousands of columns of Russian invaders entered Ukraine from all directions, when thousands of missiles and bombs fell on our country, no one in the world believed that we would hold », recalled the commander.
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“No one believed it, but Ukraine definitely believed it! She believed in it, accepted the battle and held out against a much more powerful enemy, in this “biggest war in Europe since the Second World War,” continued Oleksandr Syrsky.
He paid tribute to the Ukrainian soldiers killed, and promised to “avenge” their deaths, while recognizing that Kyiv’s major counter-offensive launched in the summer of 2023 “unfortunately did not give the expected results”.
“We are fighting for every meter of our territory,” added the 58-year-old Russian-born commander.